Pharmacy A Key Partner in Urgent Care and Self Care Alistair Murray MRPharmS Clinical Lead Green Light Pharmacy Twitter: @alistair_GL Ravi Sharma MRPharmS Head of Primary Care Integration/Lead GP Practice Pharmacist Green Light GP Connect Twitter: @RSharmaPharma
23
Embed
Pharmacy - King's Fund · Community Pharmacy –some stats • 1.2 million visits to a community pharmacy every day • >50 million GP consultations each year for conditions that
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
PharmacyA Key Partner in
Urgent Care and
Self Care
Alistair Murray MRPharmS
Clinical Lead
Green Light Pharmacy
Twitter: @alistair_GL
Ravi Sharma MRPharmS
Head of Primary Care
Integration/Lead GP Practice
Pharmacist
Green Light GP Connect
Twitter: @RSharmaPharma
Green Light Pharmacy
• Small group of employee-owned pharmacies in London
• Community pharmacy
• Social prescribing, patient education and public health
• Self care
• Working with GPs
#KFUrgent Pharmacy: Urgent Care and Self
Care
What does a
pharmacist
actually do?
#KFUrgent Pharmacy: Urgent Care and Self
Care
#KFUrgent Pharmacy: Urgent Care and Self
Care
#KFUrgent Pharmacy: Urgent Care and Self
Care
#KFUrgent Pharmacy: Urgent Care and Self
Care
Community
Pharmacy
Hospital
Pharmacy
General
Practice
Pharmacy
Patient
Out-of-hours
Pharmacy
Community Pharmacy – some stats
• 1.2 million visits to a community pharmacy every day
• >50 million GP consultations each year for conditions that
could be seen in a community pharmacy = 18% of GP
consultations
• Treatment costs are much lower in community pharmacy for
simple conditions which could save up to £1bn / year
www.rpharms.com
#KFUrgent Pharmacy: Urgent Care and Self
Care
What already happens in Community Pharmacy
#KFUrgent Pharmacy: Urgent Care and Self
Care
• Self care and advice
• Adherence services such as Medicines Use Reviews and New
Medicines Service – high risk drugs
• Flu jabs, emergency hormonal contraception
• Soon to have access to Summary Care Record
MINA Study
• Low reconsultation rates in general practice (2.4% - 23.4%)
• Symptom resolution achieved with 68% - 94% of consultations